Elizabeth Peyton
Elizabeth Peyton
Elizabeth Joy Peytonis an American painter who rose to popularity in the mid-1990s. She is a contemporary artist best known for stylized and idealized portraits of her close friends and boyfriends, pop celebrities, and European monarchy. Peyton lives and works in Long Island, New York and Berlin...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
love piece relationship
I love the idea that someone I like would have a piece of mine in their house and have a relationship with it.
people
I think little things are more powerful because they're more honest, so people feel them more strongly.
describing forget people picture talk work
A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts.
art depends good ideas longer separate strength trajectory
If art is any good, it has so much of a longer trajectory than one night. Contemporary art is separate from art openings. In the end, it depends on the strength of ideas in each piece.
anybody beauty everybody treat
I think everybody can be beautiful. Anybody can have beauty. It's about how you look at the world, in a way, and how you treat yourself.
art picture seeing somebody
I start listening to something, or I'm seeing somebody a lot or seeing their art. And then I just really want to make a picture of them.
unless
I don't rise to the occasion unless I'm really moved.
amazing people putting realize themselves
I think it is such an amazing moment when people realize what they are and what they can be, and they start putting themselves out into the world. I think you can see it in people when it's happening. They look different.
famous moments morning people seeing wake
No one is famous when they wake up in the morning, so it's nice seeing people in moments when they're just being themselves.
music
There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That's something I wanted in my paintings.
artists government hear people sensitive time
In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to hear what they have to say.